[Berliner Baer]

Yeah, Riefenstahl wasn't a good person - she even used forced labourers in her film-projects, so I never believed her claims of "I was a naive tool used by the Nazis".

But forced labourers also worked on the construction site of the V2-rocket (which bombed London) where Wernher von Braun (also a Hitler-favourite for his skills) worked - and Wernher von Braun later got a big career working for NASA and the US-rocket-programs.

So perhaps: If you have outstanding skills, things might be forgotten? It ain't a fair world.

[goldstategop]

The difference is Riefenstahl worked to make Nazism attractive to the world through the medium of film. Any one who has seen her signature masterpiece of propaganda, Triumph Of The Will, knows what I mean. There is no reason for the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences to extend recognition to what is at best a technical accomplishment. And that's without even considering the film's moral or political message. Its a good example of the moral relativism rot rampant among the Left today. In their view, the biggest sin is being judgmental, unless its being judgmental of modern conservatives.